#C53A53#C53A53

#C53A53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.175 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A53
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 83)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 56.28, 17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 59.04, 17.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1692 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.175 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1029, 15.5246, 9.8040)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A53 #3AC5AC

analogous

#C53A98 #C53A53 #C5673A

triadic

#C53A53 #53C53A #3A53C5

tetradic

#C53A53 #98C53A #3AC5AC #673AC5

square

#C53A53 #98C53A #3AC5AC #673AC5

split-complementary

#C53A53 #3AC567 #3A98C5

monochromatic

#661E2B #962C3F #C53A53 #D3697C #E199A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C53A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53A53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A53

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A53	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.175 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a83',
    500: '#c53a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a53;
$custom-light: #dd7a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.209,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55946,
    "c": 0.17483,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A53

secondary

#8ECDC1

accent

#DEC34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A53

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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